Quotes by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

About Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu:

Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, and former composer. He is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, for Babel in 2007. He is also the first Mexican-born director to have won the Prix de la mise en scene, the best director award at Cannes.
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Always when you are doing films, the themes swallow you in one way or another.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Antonio Sanchez is from Mexico City. I met him at a Pat Metheny concert. He did a solo, and I thought, 'This is an octopus man!'

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

'21 Grams' is only one story told by three different points of view, but they are really physically connected - literally, with the heart.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Cinema is an infinite medium, so we should take advantage of it, I think.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

In 'A Confession,' Tolstoy found meaning that he could hold on to, and he lived for another 30 years.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Everyone's terrified of being mediocre. Everyone wants to be special.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Do you know the phrase, 'The word 'water' will not wet you?' It's one thing to write down an idea and another thing entirely to execute it.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Films like 'Babel' can transcend the one point-of-view formula that has reigned for so long.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I have been very lucky to have final cut in all my films; everything that is wrong in them is my fault.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I can be unbearable sometimes asking for so many takes.

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I am not a depressive person at all.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I have ADD. I can't pay attention to one thing too long.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I have a bad reputation, I guess.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I realized - and I am probably the last person in the world to realize this - that we live our lives with no editing.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I learned with 'Birdman' that it's liberating when you just lose yourself and go after something that terrifies you.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I have never met a superhero, but why are we so obsessed with superheroes?

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I have learned that I am a one-woman man.

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I really didn't want to become branded as 'that multistructural guy.'

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I think that in order to be a film director, one has to be a warrior who shouldn't be defeated by the daily onslaught of problems.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Author Bio

  • NameAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
  • DescriptionMexican film director
  • BornAugust 15, 1963
  • CountryMexico
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Film Producer; Composer
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Director; AACTA International Award For Best Direction; Best Director Award; Directors Guild Of America Award For Outstanding Directing – Feature Film